02/15/2013

Male Bastion UK Supreme Court Under Pressure?

Lady Hale is currently the only woman on the 12-person court. Asked about judicial diversity on Wednesday, Lord Neuberger, president of the supreme court, told members of the House of Lords constitution committee that recruitment to the judiciary was mainly from the bar, which was "very white, public-school, upper middle-class male". He suggested encouraging individual women to seek promotion and supported the idea of appointing academic lawyers and part-time judges at all levels.

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Lady Hale is currently the only woman on the 12-person court. Asked about judicial diversity on Wednesday, Lord Neuberger, president of the supreme court, told members of the House of Lords constitution committee that recruitment to the judiciary was mainly from the bar, which was "very white, public-school, upper middle-class male". He suggested encouraging individual women to seek promotion and supported the idea of appointing academic lawyers and part-time judges at all levels.